Skate (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
A skate
is a kind of fish belonging to the family Rajidae.
Skate may also refer to:
Sports
Ships
Entertainment
Other uses
Skate
Skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays. There are more than 200 described species in 27 genera. There are two subfamilies, Rajinae and Arhynchobatinae ....
is a kind of fish belonging to the family Rajidae.
Skate may also refer to:
Sports
- SkatingSkatingSkating may refer to:*Freestyle slalom skating*Ice skating and various sub-forms:**Figure skating**Speed skating**Tour skating*Inline skating and sub-forms:**Aggressive inline skating**Inline speed skating*Road skating*Roller skating...
, a term for several athletic activities and their equipment:- Ice skateIce skateIce skates are boots with blades attached to the bottom, used to propel the bearer across a sheet of ice. They are worn as footwear in many sports, including ice hockey, bandy and figure skating. The first ice skates were made from leg bones of horse, ox or deer, and were attached to feet with...
- Inline skatesInline skatesIn-line skates are a type of roller skate used for inline skating. Unlike quad skates, which have two front and two rear wheels, inline skates have two, three, four, or five wheels arranged in a single line...
- Roller skatesRoller skatesRoller skates are devices worn on the feet to enable the wearer to roll along on wheels. A first basic type of roller skate consists of a boot with four wheels with ball bearings, arranged in the same configuration as the wheels of a typical car.-History:...
- SkateboardSkateboardA skateboard is typically a specially designed plywood board combined with a polyurethane coating used for making smoother slides and stronger durability, used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. The first skateboards to reach public notice came out of the surfing craze of the early 1960s,...
- Ice skate
- Skate-skiing, a cross-country skiingCross-country skiingCross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
technique
Ships
- HMS Skate (1895)HMS Skate (1895)HMS Skate was a Sturgeon class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. Built by Vickers, she was launched in 1894 and sold in 1907, the first destroyer of this type to go to the breakers....
, a Victorian era destroyer of the United Kingdom - USS SkateUSS SkateThree submarines of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Skate, named for a type of ray.*The first Skate was an F-class that sank in March 1915 off Pearl Harbor....
, several submarines of the US Navy
Entertainment
- Sk8 (TV series)Sk8 (TV series)Sk8 is a half-hour teen drama that aired on NBC's TNBC Saturday morning programming block from October 6 2001 to January 5, 2002 with 13 episodes produced. The show continued in reruns until TNBC's dissolution in September 2002....
, a 2001 NBC show - SK8-TVSK8-TVSK8-TV is a program shown on Nickelodeon that began in 1990 and was originally hosted by Matthew Lillard and Skatemaster Tate. The set for the show was built on location at the Pink Motel in Sun Valley California which was famous for its large fish shaped pool that was ideal for skateboarding...
, a 1990 Nickelodeon show
Other uses
- Skate, the code name for the Bombing of Braunschweig in World War IIBombing of Braunschweig in World War IIDuring World War II Braunschweig was attacked by Allied aircraft in 42 bombing raids.The attack on the night of 14/15 October 1944 by No. 5 Group Royal Air Force marked the high point of the destruction of Henry the Lion's city in the Second World War...
- Skate (video game)Skate (video game)Skate is a skateboarding video game developed by EA Black Box for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was released in North America on September 17, 2007 for the Xbox 360 and September 24, 2007 for the PlayStation 3 and in Europe on September 28, 2007 for the Xbox 360 and October 5, 2007 for the...
, developed by Electronic Arts for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3